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299. Chakradharpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

BR-CHAKRADHARPUR

BJP 30.2%won by 7.7%JMM 22.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.1% to 7.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 52.6% of the vote between them, up from 40.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
80,298
Margin
6,213
7.74%

Candidates

11 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1CHUMNU ORAONBharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,24330.2%
  2. 2SUKHDEO HEMBROMJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM18,03022.5%
  3. 3SOMAY GAGRAIIndian National Congress · INC17,83822.2%
  4. 4SUKHLAL SOYUGDP · UGDP12,22415.2%
  5. 5THOMAS PURTYJan Kalyan Party · JKP2,8613.6%
  6. 6RAMESH ORAONRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,6613.3%
  7. 7CHANDU KUICommunist Party of India · CPI1,1241.4%
  8. 8LAXMAN HEMBRAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6050.8%
  9. 9MADAN GAGRAIIndependent · IND3060.4%
  10. 10KANDRA SARDARIndependent · IND2710.3%
  11. 11MADAN MOHAN TOPPOIndependent · IND1350.2%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–JMM swing
−2.5%
BJP share
21.2% → 30.2%
JMM share
10.9% → 22.5%
Turnout
— → —
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